From collection General Photograph Collection
Battle of Sharpsburg. Army wagons crossing bridge over Antietam Creek. "This historic bridge crossed Antietam creek on the turnpike leading from Boosboror to Sharpsburg. It is one fo the memorable spots in the hstory of the war. The photograph was aken soon after the battle of Antietam; the overturned stone wall and shattered fences, together with the appreance of the adjacent ground, are mute witnesses of the conflict aht raged about it on Sept. 16-17, 1862, when the control of this bridge was important to both McClellan and lee. The former held it during the battle; and the fire of his artillery from the ridges near the bridge enabled the disordered Union lines to recover in time to check the ferocious assaults of the Confederates". -- From The Photographic History of the Civil War 1911.
